Security Penetration Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Penetration/Security Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Penetration/Security Tester salary in Work from Home is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 649 823
Rank change year-on-year +85 +174 -276
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Penetration Tester 12 31 12
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.036% 0.071% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.074% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 9 24 12
10th Percentile £53,500 £56,250 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £83,750 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £87,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +52.84% -42.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £121,250 £60,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £87,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +60.55% -45.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,441 41,897 64,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,951 29,614 41,885
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Security Penetration Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Penetration Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Penetration Tester
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Penetration Tester.

Security Penetration Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Penetration Tester over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Security Penetration Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Security Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Security Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
1 10 (83.33%) Security Testing
2 8 (66.67%) Information Security
3 7 (58.33%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (58.33%) CREST Certified
3 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (58.33%) Cyber Scheme
3 7 (58.33%) CHECK Team Leader
4 6 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (50.00%) GRC
4 6 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (50.00%) NIST
4 6 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (50.00%) Data Privacy
4 6 (50.00%) Application Security
4 6 (50.00%) Tigerscheme
4 6 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (50.00%) Firewall
4 6 (50.00%) Wireless
4 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (50.00%) Marketing
4 6 (50.00%) PCI DSS
4 6 (50.00%) PCI QSA
4 6 (50.00%) OWASP
4 6 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 6 (50.00%) OSCP
5 3 (25.00%) Law
5 3 (25.00%) Mobile App

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
1 6 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 7 (58.33%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Android
1 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
1 10 (83.33%) Security Testing
2 8 (66.67%) Information Security
3 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (50.00%) Application Security
4 6 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (50.00%) Data Privacy
4 6 (50.00%) OWASP
4 6 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 6 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (25.00%) Red Team
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
6 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CHECK Team Leader
1 7 (58.33%) CREST Certified
1 7 (58.33%) Cyber Scheme
2 6 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 6 (50.00%) OSCP
2 6 (50.00%) PCI QSA
2 6 (50.00%) Tigerscheme
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (50.00%) GRC
1 6 (50.00%) NIST
1 6 (50.00%) PCI DSS